Improvement in hames-fasteners



AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

ANTHONY GALE AND HENRY R. JOHNSON, OF SHELBY COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMES'FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,226, dated December20, 1870.

` To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANTHONY GALE and HENRY R. JOHNSON, of the county ofShelby and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in the Manner of Fastening the Haines of Horse-Harness, ofwhich the following is a specification The .irst part of our inventionrelates yto the fastening of the hannes at the top of the collar, whichconsists in a small piece of iron made iu a circular form so as to fitthe collar neatly, andv in the upper side of which is a deep groove, inwhich two small adjustable iron slides are tted corresponding with thecircle, one end of which is attached to the upper ends of the haines bya hook or hingejoint, while the other is secured in the groove by meansof a set-screw, the heads of' which may be so formed as to be used as aring for the lines, or as a convenient handle by which to change it whennecessary to alter the size, which is done by changing the set-screwfrom one hole to the other in the grooved circlepiece at the top.

The second part of our invention relates to the fastening at the lowerend of the hannes. which consists in two small pieces of dat iron,slightly circular toward the edges. one end of which may be attached tothe hames either by a hook or hinge-joint, while the other ends have oneor more slot-holes in them in order to adjust the size,'one end of theholes being made large, so as to pass over the head ot' a small piupermanently vfixed in a small iron plateimmediately behindtheconnecting-links, in which they are made to tit neatly, so as toslide back and forth between the flanges, as required. In order toattach and detach the fastenings, and in order to prevent them frombecoming detached by any reverse draft, there is a small key insertedthrough the flanges of K the plate behind the ends of theconnectinglinks, which holds them securely in their places.

The third part of our invention consists in using Lthe last-namedconnecting-links only; and instead of the small iron iiauge-plate behindthe links there is a small pin inserted permanently in one of the links,while the other has two or more holes through it large enough to passover the pin by which they are held together and prevented from becomthebridle-rein.

ing detached by a small pin through the end. This last part of ourinvention is intended to be used where a common, cheap article isrequired, or on old hames that have had the old style of fastenings.

Having thus described our invention, for

a more minute description see drawing, in

which- Figure -1 is a view of the haines, showing the fastening at thetop and bottom. Fig. 2 is a view of the fastening at the lower ends, butdifferently arranged for common purposes.

A is the hames, without the necessary irons, which may be made of eitherwood or iron.` B is the arch or circle piece at the top. C (l are thecircular sliding links by which the hames are connected with thearch-piece B. D D are the set-screws by which they are held in theirplaces. E is the ring` for F F are the hinge-joints of theconnecting-links. Gr Gr are the connecting-links at the lower ends. M Mare the hinge-joints of the same. H H are the slotholes. l is theange-plate, and J J are the pins by which the links Gr Gr are held intheir places. K is a small key. to prevent the links from beingdetached. L L are theconnectinglinks in Fig. 2. N N are the holes. 0 isthe pin. P is the guard-pin.

Having thus fully described the drawing, what we cla-im as ourinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sliding` link-connections C U, the hinge-,joints F- F, and theset-screws D D, in combination with the arch or circle piece B, providedWith the ring E, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantiallyas herein described.

2. The combination of the links Gr G, having slots H, and connectedtothe haines A by hinge-icints M, the key K, and plate 1 with pins J,all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

3. The'links L L, provided with holes N, and secured together by the pinO and guardpin P, all constructed and arranged substantially asdescribed.

ANTHONY GALE. HENRY R. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

E. F. HUYcK, W. W. PULLEN.

